A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has adjourned further hearing in the trial of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on alleged cybercrime offences to November 24.

 

 

 

The hearing earlier scheduled for October 20 could not hold owing to the Omoyele Sowore-led protest calling for the release of the detained self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

 

 

 

 

The protest disrupted normal activities in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), preventing most people from accessing their offices and work places.

 

 

 

 

An enquiry at the court on Tuesday revealed that the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Umar has rescheduled further hearing in the case till November 24.

 

 

 

Akpoti-Uduaghan is being prosecuted on a six-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/195/2025 brought under the Cybercrimes Prohibition, Prevention, etc (Amendment) Act 2024.

 

 

 

She is, among others, alleged to have transmitted false and injurious information via electronic means with the intention to malign, incite, and endanger lives and breach public order.

 

 

 

Among the particulars of the charge are claims that Akpoti-Uduaghan, while addressing a gathering on April 4th 2025 in Ihima, Kogi State alleged that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio instructed ex-governor Yahaya Bello to have her k!lled in Kogi State.

 

 

 

She was also alleged to have, in a television interview, repeated similar claims, to the effect that the Senate President and Bello plotted to k!ll her in Kogi State.